Amelia Earhart Biographical File
Title
Amelia Earhart Biographical File
Description
The Amelia Earhart Biographical File contains several items related to the life and aviation career of Amelia Earhart. Materials include newspaper clippings, ephemera, and biographical documents about Earhart prepared by various people and organizations.
Digitized Materials: A selection of items have been digitized from this collection.
Date
1930s
Language
All materials are in English.
Rights Holder
The Museum of Flight Archives
Rights
Permission to publish material from The Museum of Flight Collection must be obtained from The Museum of Flight Archives.
Bibliographic Citation
The Museum of Flight Collection/Biographical Files
Identifier
Biographical Files, Amelia Earhart
Collection Organization
Collection Items
[Amelia Earhart by car]
![[Amelia Earhart by car]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/11dc72a302e55c7224526c9a72cd9826.jpg "[Amelia Earhart by car]")
Photograph of Amelia Earhart by a car, Detroit, Michigan, December 2, 1932.
Inscription on verso: "Amelia Earhart at Detroit / 12-2-32 / Photo by D. Smith, Detroit."
[Paul Mantz, Amelia Earhart, Captain Harry Manning, and Fred Noonan]
![[Paul Mantz, Amelia Earhart, Captain Harry Manning, and Fred Noonan]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/4a5a1234a735822553ead735208ff1f5.jpg "[Paul Mantz, Amelia Earhart, Captain Harry Manning, and Fred Noonan]")
Photograph of (from left to right) Paul Mantz, Amelia Earhart, Captain Harry Manning, and Fred Noonan with Earhart's Lockheed Model 10-E Electra aircraft, Oakland Airport, California, March 14, 1937. The photo was taken just before her…
[Amelia Earhart landing Lockheed Model 5C Vega aircraft]
![[Amelia Earhart landing Lockheed Model 5C Vega aircraft]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/12d3082d58e6314ab3dd49f5c62328b6.jpg "[Amelia Earhart landing Lockheed Model 5C Vega aircraft]")
Photograph of Amelia Earhart landing her Lockheed Model 5C Vega aircraft at Oakland Airport, California, January 12, 1935. Earhart became the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to the U.S. mainland.
Inscription on verso: "Amelia Earhart landing at…
Amelia surrounded by reporters after landing at Oakland
Photograph of Amelia Earhart surrounded by reporters after landing at Oakland, California, January 12, 1935. Earhart became the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to the U.S. mainland.
Inscription on verso: "Amelia crowded by reporters after…
[Amelia Earhart seated in cockpit of Boeing Model 247D aircraft]
![[Amelia Earhart seated in cockpit of Boeing Model 247D aircraft]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/0b167d3b45693ca9fb5280b90e1c0dc7.jpg "[Amelia Earhart seated in cockpit of Boeing Model 247D aircraft]")
Photograph of Amelia Earhart seated in the cockpit of a United Airlines Boeing Model 247D aircraft, February 5, 1933. Several stickers are affixed to the verso.
Inscription on verso: "Amelia Earhart in UAL 247D / Feb. 5, 1933."
[Amelia Earhart surrounded by people]
![[Amelia Earhart surrounded by people]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/ba915cd08b6f61c0ce8add762436f27c.jpg "[Amelia Earhart surrounded by people]")
Photograph of Amelia Earhart surrounded by people after landing at Oakland Airport, California, January 12, 1935. Earhart became the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to the U.S. mainland. Photograph has been hand-tinted to accentuate outlines and…
[Amelia Earhart surrounded by people]
![[Amelia Earhart surrounded by people]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/835df85839aa12988a332398d5bd21ed.jpg "[Amelia Earhart surrounded by people]")
Photograph of Amelia Earhart surrounded by people after landing at Oakland Airport, California, January 12, 1935. Earhart became the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to the U.S. mainland. Photograph has been hand-tinted to accentuate outlines and…
[Amelia Earhart receiving flowers]
![[Amelia Earhart receiving flowers]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/1dc160e7adf5be7c2c42bd5ddc943a0f.jpg "[Amelia Earhart receiving flowers]")
Photograph of Amelia Earhart receiving flowers after landing at Oakland Airport, California, January 12, 1935. Earhart became the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to the U.S. mainland. Photograph has been hand-tinted to accentuate outlines and…
[Amelia Earhart climbing out of Lockheed Model 5C Vega aircraft]
![[Amelia Earhart climbing out of Lockheed Model 5C Vega aircraft]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/c4a594a1fb880e9c543cf2e247010bfe.jpg "[Amelia Earhart climbing out of Lockheed Model 5C Vega aircraft]")
Photograph of Amelia Earhart climbing out of her Lockheed Model 5C Vega aircraft after landing at Oakland Airport, California, January 12, 1935. Earhart became the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to the U.S. mainland. Photograph has been…
[Letter to F. Hamlin from Amelia Earhart, February 8, 1930]
![[Letter to F. Hamlin from Amelia Earhart, February 8, 1930]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/ce321215e6fe3f9dcd30d18bb2ca744b.jpg "[Letter to F. Hamlin from Amelia Earhart, February 8, 1930]")
Letter to F. Hamlin from Amelia Earhart, February 8, 1932. Offers advice on an aeronautical instrument that Hamlin invented. One typed page and envelope.